Is the leading edge of his blade dented? I don't think that's air worthy.

Eh... mount a couple sidewinders on it, and it'd be "close enough" in my books!

If I had 30k I would definitely take that baby....I would even wear crocks lol

Water proof 😄

Thanks 😊

It would need a larger engine probably two 40-50 horsepowers would be best and the frame would need to be made of light metal. Also one engine may need to be 5 horsepower larger or more than likely just a larger taller rotor in the back to make it even weight. A 80-85-100 horsepower helicopter would be able to hold two 170lb people and tow a person with a harness they would need to put on themself as well.

@@ianthescientist8827 thanks very much for the info. I really enjoy your channel. Keep up the great content.

The exhaust on this one is custom. They sell a tuned exhaust for this motor but since this one works and has enough power as is, ill save the money.

@@MitchG I definitely understand that. Thanks for the reply.

@@MitchG Jeremy Clarkson wouldn’t approve your above comment. “power”

That's what they told me but I haven't had issues in the 3-4 hours of flight time I've had

How much does this cost to buy? Is this a kit chopper?

No need for a parachute. Just autorotate. Helicopters hit birds all the time with the blades. The birds just get chopped up, the blades are strong enough to not get damaged

@@MitchG wow, I didn’t know that! Glad to hear that they are so strong, it makes sense because of the sharp, knife-like edge of the contact. With the plane wings and windows they break holes or huge dents but these are two blunt surfaces hitting eachother. Cheers!

The specific model meets FAR 103 requirements which makes it the same as a paramotor. No license or registration required. Composite FX sells other models that do require a license and registration

That depends on one's idea of fun! 😉

@@MitchG ha ha better keep it $30k fun fun fun

@@NelsonsWings, that is because it is a helicopter. You need a lot of experience flying a helicopter for it to become chill 😂

@@noahpfeifer6931 of course, understood! BTW I know Mitch and watched him fly this bird.

@@NelsonsWings, cool ;-)

He's an Apache pilot.

I have lots of helicopter experience prior to buying the mosquito. But this is my first experience with a mosquito

Yes they still sell parts. Tbo is 50 hours to replace the pistons. This helicopter shares many parts with the current mosquito xel including using the same engine.

Just little pedal inputs during turns. This heli has a governor but I prefer to not use it

I also flew rc helis and I noticed the same thing. Some of the synergy helis had the tail rotor rotate the same way this mosquito does. I think there's some very small benefits to having it rotate the opposite direction but I'm not sure if I could actually notice. I think it's done this way just to keep the splitter gearbox simple and have the main rotor rotate counter clockwise.

@@MitchG The direction of the tail rotor has pro’s and con’s for each direction. Actually has nothing to do with the splitter gear box on the Mosquito’s. If you wanted to change direction you can simply turn the tail gear box over. I actually thought about doing this when I first started flying my XET, until I got into forward flight. The obvious major pro for the front of the tail rotor disk direction going up into the main rotor down wash is more efficiency, or more authority in a hover and in/out of ETL. The tail rotor diameter is large and as you’ve commented, the tail has plenty of authority on this light weight helicopter. One of the con’s of going down with the main rotor down wash in a hover is less total authority “in a hover” and I’ve noticed this especially coming out of ETL. But, in forward flight, the top of the tail rotor disk is now in clean air and into the relative wind and is a lot more efficient and doesn’t suffer any efficiency losses of a retreating blade in the relative wind for that section of the disk. Because of this and the vertical tail fin, technically you can go faster with “X” amount of power as the normal 15-18% is not being consumed by the tail rotor system and that power can be applied to the main rotor. At 80mph on my XET, I’m pulling the same power setting (fuel burn) as in a hover but the tail rotor system is only about 1/4 of pitch required to hover. I hope this helps. Good luck and stay safe over seas! Dave Storey/storeyaviation.com

@@dstoreyaviation cool! Thanks for sharing!

Kick the tires and light the fires 🔥pull pitch and wiggle sticks

I totally be guessing but at lower altitudes and Temps, I bet a 250lb pilot that's good on the sticks could fly it no problem. They make a turbine version that can lift anyone

The swash is inside of the mast frame behind the pilot, at the bottom of the tube.

@@MitchG Thanks! so it's at the bottom of the shaft and not the top then. explains why I didn't see it. That's an interesting design choice, but I guess it might make the linkages shorter.

West Texas

Google autorotation

Looks like West Texas to me.

Thanks. Yeah you could make a new bracket and mount the push pull rods higher on the cyclic. It's has been a while since I've flown a heli without a computer helping 😁

@@MitchG I wonder if you could put a heading hold gyro on it?

@@terrycarver1255 that takes the fun out of it! I love a challenge

looks relaxing to me, just needs super training!